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Laniakea: Our Huge and Amazing Home

Supercluster...


We live on a planet, next to a star that's part of a galaxy that's part of...ah, here comes the recent discovery, nature video reports.

We are part of a galactic "supercluster" called Laniakea, which in Hawaiian means "immeasurable heaven."
Our understanding of the universe and beyond today is stunning. It is light years ahead of the college astronomy course I took many years ago.

For a fascinating video about our huge and amazing home: http://kenallensforum.blogspot.com/

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